The Remarkable Simplicity of Online Connectedness

While there’s significant evidence (aside from the obviousness of experience) that communication quality online is significantly reduced from in-person communication, I continue to be reminded of the inherent power within the simplicity of communication that the Internet has to offer. Three times in the past two days, I’ve made new connections with people (One through Twitter, another through this blog,...

Help Autism. + Rant

If you Click Here and watch this two minute Chevy Malibu video, Chevy will donate to Autism Speaks. Go. Do it. Two minutes of your time. Good. Now, think about this: Some people came up with, and approved, a great idea for aligning their business with a great cause. Those same people said “This video is perfect.  Let’s use it.” I wanted to stab my eyes and ears out after I sat through...

Links of Interest

Instead of the usual nutrition/fitness stuff, I figured I’d put together a list of some things that have caught my eye over the past week or so. PatrickRhone.com – One of my new favorite blogs. One of the best designs I’ve seen in a long time, great writing, and similar interests. I’m not quite there on the GTD stuff, but his interest in it seems to bring forth other great things like this...

Fundamental Concerns

“The purpose of a business is to create a customer.” – Peter Drucker “I skate to where the puck is going to be.” – Wayne Gretzky “Getting fit is about nutrition and exercise.” – Everyone People, and especially us Internet businesspeople, seem to forget fundamental concerns of the things they care about. They get so wrapped up in these complex ideas, and want to...

Mount Everest and Contingent Goal Setting

Sometimes, I find it useful set goals that are contingent upon other goals. What I mean by that is that if I am unsure if I can develop the capacity to achieve a larger goal, I’ll set an interim one that will give me an idea of if I can develop the capacity to hit the larger one. There’s no use in having a goal of $10M in the bank, if you can’t get $10k in there. In January, the morning of this...